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Ilhan Omar calls Soleimani’s death an “assassination of a foreign official” and slams Trump’s economic sanctions

Jan 12, 2020 8:00 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

“Far-left Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said on Wednesday that President Trump’s response to Iran’s attacks — specifically his call for economic sanctions — ‘makes no sense’….’This makes no sense,’ Omar said of Trump’s call for sanctions, calling it ‘economic warfare.’”

In reality, Trump’s response to Iran, economic and militarily, makes perfect sense. Attacks against four U.S. embassies, including the one that was attacked in Baghdad, were planned and orchestrated by Iran’s Qassem Soleimani, who was planning “a broad, large-scale attack against American facilities, including U.S. embassies, in the Middle East.” Iran has been given plenty of time to build up weapons and expand its proxies, thanks to the Obama Administration’s nuclear deal.

“Omar also expressed outrage over the terrorist chief’s death, calling it an ‘assassination’ of a ‘foreign official.’”

Soleimani was a murderous threat to Americans, and Omar’s defense of him is telling. It is in full alignment with her own character: while she defends jihadist Iran against economic sanctions, she supports economic sanctions (boycotts, divestment and sanctions) against peaceful Israel. Omar also supports CAIR, an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas funding case, and referred to the 9/11 jihad attacks as “some people did something.” In her mind, perhaps Soleimani, too, just “did something.”

“Ilhan Omar: Trump’s Response to Iran Attacks ‘Makes No Sense,’” by Hannah Bleau, Breitbart, January 8, 2020:

Far-left Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said on Wednesday that President Trump’s response to Iran’s attacks — specifically his call for economic sanctions — “makes no sense.”

“As we continue to evaluate options in response to Iranian aggression, the United States will immediately impose additional punishing economic sanctions on the Iranian regime,” Trump announced on Wednesday, warning that they will remain in place “until Iran changes its behavior.”

“This makes no sense,” Omar said of Trump’s call for sanctions, calling it “economic warfare.”

“They have already caused medical shortages and countless deaths in Iran. You cannot claim to want deescalation and then announce new sanctions with no clear goal,” she added. “This is not a measured response!”:

Trump on Wednesday defended his decision to eliminate Iran’s top terror chief Quasem Soleimani and blasted the previous administration’s deal with Iran, declaring that the missiles targeting at least two bases housing U.S. troops were “paid for with the funds made available by the last administration.”

There were no American casualties as a result of the attacks.

“The regime also greatly tightened the reins on their own country, even recently killing 1,500 people at the many protests that are taking place all throughout Iran,” Trump stated.

The president also called on allies to step up in the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and called for a deal that “makes the world a safer and more peaceful place” and “allows Iran to thrive and prosper, and take advantage of its enormous untapped potential.”

He also vowed that the nation will not possess a nuclear weapon under his watch:

For far too long — all the way back to 1979, to be exact — nations have tolerated Iran’s destructive and destabilizing behavior in the Middle East and beyond. Those days are over. Iran has been the leading sponsor of terrorism, and their pursuit of nuclear weapons threatens the civilized world. We will never let that happen….

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  1. Roland says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 8:14 am

    How is Ilhan the Terrible scoring in the latest polls in her congressional district? She no doubts seeks re-election in 2020. Is it true that Ilhan, Rashida Tlaib, and AOC are pulling the Democrats down?

    • Larry says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 8:24 am

      Charge and convict her for the multiple counts of immigration fraud she has committed, then strip her citizenship which was gained under false pretences and deport her back to Somalia.

      • Savvy Kafir says

        Jan 12, 2020 at 10:44 am

        Sounds like an excellent plan. In a sane world, that’s exactly what would happen.

      • Fam says

        Jan 13, 2020 at 6:25 pm

        Yes u Americans Grew up snakes in u country

      • toomanyhobbies says

        Jan 13, 2020 at 8:35 pm

        spot on!! how is ti she is not under criminal investigation and her citizenship revoked?

    • Pierre Bahl says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 8:33 am

      Obama created and armed Islamic State when US Army refused to attacked Al Assad. The mafia of ONU lied about Al Assad gassified his people. If Trump promised to retired US Army and if Trump killed the ennemi of Soleimani who was fighting alongside Al Assad against Islamic State, why Soleimani threatened US ambassy??? Is Soleimani paid by weapon industry to make last the war indefinitly???

      • gravenimage says

        Jan 12, 2020 at 5:15 pm

        Obama did not create the Islamic State–but he also did little to oppose it. Also, Iran has been backing Assad–this is no secret.

        And Soleimani was a Jihad terrorist with the terrorist state of Iran. The idea that the Mullahs would love Trump because he took out the Sunni Islamic State is absurd–Muslims hate all Infidels, Westerners most of all.

        The implication that Muslims do not hate Americans but are being paid by the “weapon industry” is ludicrous.

        • J D.S says

          Jan 13, 2020 at 10:38 am

          I would have no objection to taking out any and all officials who in any way support terrorism..That may sound gruesome to many…but what is Islam’s goal? Think on that and let IT sink in..Then decide if one wants sharia law or FREEDOM.

    • jimmy rooks says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 8:49 am

      I would like to say yes, but I’ve learned to never underestimate the ignorance of the American voter!

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 5:09 pm

      Ilhan Omar has a *9%* approval rating–lower even than AOC.

  2. Jack Holan says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 8:19 am

    For anyone ignorant of this fact: an attack on an Embassy is the same as having attacked the the Sovereign Soil that the Embassy Represents. Therefore when Iran engineered the recent attack on Our Embassy in Iraq it was exactly the same as if they had attacked Mainland USA. This Congresswoman Omar IS International Law and any consequencesafterwards is on their head. As far as your wanton terrorist, in addition to the Anerican Blood on his hands there is the matter of Argentinian Jewish blood targeted because they were Jewish. 100+ Souls perished in the worst terrorisminSoSouth Anerith Anerica includding many Children from the Day Care Center. But Pmar doesn’t count Jews! She doesnt honor the OatH of a Congresswoman to Defend the US Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic. She is the Enemy from within

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 5:17 pm

      Good post, Jack.

  3. Rufluc says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 9:10 am

    What this perennial kind of problem highlights to me is the fact that far too many Muslims are being allowed into the West. As it is they that vote the likes of her into power. Very much like Sad Dick Khan who is Mayor of London. There are also many other Muslims in positions of power too.
    On the other side of the coin, would non Muslims be allowed the same kind of opportunity to be voted into positions of power in Muslim countries as they are in the West? No they wouldn’t! Even if there were a sufficient number of non Muslim voters available (which there probably wouldn’t be, because most have either been driven out or…..killed!!).
    The leaders of the West need to realise what their true intentions are. They clearly intend taking control of our countries by their sheer weight of numbers (they have openly confessed to this) and if or when that ever happens….. God help us all!!
    Stop them NOW!!

  4. No Muzzies Here says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 9:30 am

    This woman has no loyalty to the USA. Her loyalty is to Islam. She has violated her oath of office of fidelity to the US constitution. Sufficient grounds for impeachment.

    • Infidel says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 10:42 am

      Yeah, she should be investigated for immigration fraud, and once found guilty (since she ‘married’ her brother to enable that, if not illegally come in herself, and also w/ a false name), she should be stripped of her citizenship and deported. If the Iranian regime hasn’t imploded by then, she can be sent to Tehran as a spokeswoman: she already knows how to dress. Her only shortcoming: I doubt that she speaks Farsi.

      But either way, she doesn’t belong in this country any more than MS-13

      • mortimer says

        Jan 12, 2020 at 11:01 am

        There’s a difference between a political assassination and a military COUNTERATTACK.

        Soleimani was actively involved in killing American troops and thus made himself a valid target. The US responded to his ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICANS with a COUNTERATTACK against the source of his aggression … Soleimani was that source.

        There are a few thousand generals around the world that are not planning and directing attacks against US forces. None of them is a target.

        • mortimer says

          Jan 12, 2020 at 11:05 am

          Perhaps after her term is complete, they can try her for immigration fraud. That nullifies the granting of citizenship.

        • Infidel says

          Jan 12, 2020 at 2:17 pm

          No need to wait. Congresspeople ain’t immune from the law.

          Also, since she stands to be elected in November, it’s worth going after her ASAP and giving Dems in her district an alternative to stand for in this November’s elections

    • Al Taubinger says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 12:26 pm

      Nothing will ever be done to her because she is a minority and muslim.

    • Demsci says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 8:06 pm

      Thinking about that. She seems more loyal to co-religionists than to compatriots. More loyal to Iranian co-religionists than to Christian or atheist Americans.

      If she would insist on being loyal to the country she is a citizen of and which she represents then the next question to her should be; But do you want the USA to be a democratic country (with its current constitution) or an Islamic state? See, it is conceivably possible a person IS patriotic BUT also dictatorial, theocratic and thus anti-democratic.

  5. E T says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 9:38 am

    “This makes no sense” said Omer

    Non-Muslims have ABSOLUTELY no right the reins of power in any part of God’s earth nor to direct the collective affairs of human beings according to their own doctrines. If they do, the believers (Muslims) would be under an obligation to do their utmost to dislodge them from political power and make them live in subservience to The Islamic way of life.” Says Syed Abul Ala Maududi founder of the Jamaat-e-Islami.

    What makes no sense is the fact that people in the West vote for Omar, Thalib, Ellison, all Muslim Brotherhood hoods. There MUST be four women in the USA who will stand up to this skanky squad and make sure they are removed from office. They are under an obligation to do THEIR utmost to dislodge ALL THE MUSLIMS from political power.

    • mortimer says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 11:08 am

      Omar is playing a crafty game against her adopted country. She should go back to Berzerkistan.

      She has proved that Islam is not compatible with the ideology of America based on freedom and equality. She exploits her freedom so that jihadists can then take it away.

  6. ME Infidel says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 9:44 am

    Where’s the House Ethics Committee? Could it be that it’s just another politicized, toothless clown fest that only targets Republicans?

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 5:22 pm

      With a Democrat-majority Congress, so it appears.

  7. duh swani says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 10:25 am

    She’s a Muslim, isn’t she? you get what you vote fp;…

  8. mortimer says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 11:19 am

    Omar uses ‘tawriyya’ (deceit by ambiguity and by exploiting conflict of definition) when she says Soleimani was a ‘foreign official’. She insinuates he was just a civil servant pushing paper at a desk. A general is not in the government, but a servant of the government. So her statement is close to being a flat-out lie.

    A general is the commander of troops and responsible for implementing combat operations and all other matters involving his troops.

    When those foreign, hostile troops are attacking the US and her allies, the US military responds to the aggression under orders from the commander in chief.

    Omar implies that counterattacking any hostile, Muslim aggression is ‘immoral’. Even Muslim countries go after various jihad groups that are hostile to their governments.

    Does Omar think that ALL jihad groups are ‘moral’ … or just her favorite jihad groups? Why does she like the Iranian Revolutionary Guard so much, I’d like to ask her directly.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 5:25 pm

      +1

  9. James Lincoln says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 12:49 pm

    Re: Omar – one more time…

    I just finished a vacation at the AFRC Armed Forces Recreational Center “Shades of Green” in Orlando, Florida. Enjoyed a wonderful time with my wife and daughter…

    As previously posted, I retired from the United States Navy after 26 years of active and reserve service. I was VERY lucky, I suffered NO serious injuries. As a deployed flight surgeon to the Middle East, I wasn’t considered to be a front line “combat vet”, with the most danger to me being aircraft mishaps, mines, and IEDs.

    Some of my “shipmates”, particularly the ones on the “front lines” were not so lucky. Some lost limbs, and some lost all. In the lobby of the Shades of Green we saw a significant number of young military veterans with lost limbs – and were either wheelchair-bound or fitted with prosthetics. Many of their injuries were the direct result of initiatives carried out by Qassem Soleimani.

    To think that Omar, a United States Representative, is a muslim who literally supports the most despicable people in the world, like Qassem Soleimani, makes me want to vomit.

    • Wellington says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 4:52 pm

      Poignant post, James. Very.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 5:26 pm

      Fine post.

  10. Jayell says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 1:33 pm

    Well, Soleimani was indeed a ‘foreign official’, and his dispatching could possibly be described as an ‘assassination’, or maybe ‘killing’, depending on how you view the definition of that word or/and the circumstances of Soleimani’s departure. So that’s just semantics and stating the obvious. It’s also stating the obvious to conclude that complicity in an act of armed aggression against a foreign embassy is tantamount to an act of war especially when the complicit party (Soleimani in this case) is acting with a third party on their territory; in which case, economic action against the Government of which the complicit part (Soleimani) was an ‘official’ is perfectly proper and logical, which, even following Soleimani’s demise, indeed shows commendable restraint. Didn’t Omar realise this? And doesn’t Omar realise that it was the safety and integrity of the government servants of the country to which she is supposed to be personally responsible that Soleimani was implicated in violating? Or doesn’t that matter to Omar? Or is there perhaps something seriously wrong with Omar?

    • Aussie Infidel says

      Jan 13, 2020 at 5:02 am

      Jayell, There certainly is something seriously wrong with Omar. She suffers from a serious psychological affliction called Islamitis – a rigid, aggressive mindset caused by indoctrination and continual exposure to a virulent ideology which has no respect for human life other than fellow Muslims. This rigidity – known to psychologists as ‘longitudinal consistency’ – affects all devout Muslims who then experience great trauma or cognitive dissonance when exposed to new and more humane ideas.

      Remember Lt. Cable’s song from South Pacific, about racial hatred? With apologies to Rogers and Hammerstein, I’ve amended their lyrics to suit the situation.

      Muslims have got to be taught
      To hate and fear,
      Muslims have got to be taught
      From year to year,
      It’s got to be drummed
      In their dear little ear
      They’ve got to be carefully taught.

      Muslims have to be taught to be afraid
      Of people whose beliefs are diff’rently made,
      And people whose skin is a different shade,
      They’ve got to be carefully taught.

      Muslims have to be taught before its too late,
      Before they are six or seven or eight,
      To hate all the kafirs their relatives hate,
      Muslims have to be carefully taught.

      There is no doubt whatever, that Ilhan Omar – a devout hijab wearing Muslim – was taught to hate kafirs with a vengeance from an early age. How could such a person ever have allegiance to a free and democratic country like the US? It’s obvious from all her remarks that she detests America and Americans. If she swore to uphold the Constitution to obtain citizenship, then she was lying. But of course, taqiyya is normal for Muslims; so I’ve added an extra verse to the song.

      Muslims must also be taught to deceive,
      Those who do not accept or believe,
      What the words of Muhammad were meant to achieve,
      Muslims must be carefully taught.

      A bit corny, but what the hell! We’re dealing with idiots!

  11. Huh!?! says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    Her citizenship needs to be removed and she needs to be deported. This is long overdue.

  12. Ole Pederson says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    Of course, killing this man was murder and a violation of international law, as the United States is not in a condition of war with Iran.

    However, since the person was a terror organiser, my outrage is very, very limited.

    • CogitoErgoSum says

      Jan 12, 2020 at 11:12 pm

      I would call attacking our embassy an act of war providing justifcation for a warlike response — and a very limited response at that. Yes, the General was killed but murdered? — no, I would not call it that. Soldiers, from raw recruits to generals, getting killed is the consequence of being part of an army at war. This particular war has been ongoing for over 40 years now. If international law has been violated in this war, both sides have done so. Yes, Iran is at war with the U.S. just as surely as Islam is at war with all who have not yet submitted to Islam.

  13. ntesdorf says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 4:18 pm

    If Ilhan Omar thinks something is a good idea, then it is a really bad idea. If Ilhan Omar thinks something is a bad idea, then it is a really good idea.

  14. Wellington says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 4:56 pm

    If Omar is not a fifth columnist, then it will have to be reconsidered what the term “fifth columnist” really means.

    I loathe this woman and all she stands for. She is using freedom to both apologize for evil and to destroy freedom. She is a sickening human being—and most definitely a fifth columnist as I calculate matters.

  15. gravenimage says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 5:00 pm

    Ilhan Omar calls Soleimani’s death an “assassination of a foreign official” and slams Trump’s economic sanctions
    ……………..

    She’s *enraged* that the president is not enabling Jihad terror regimes as Obama did.

  16. abad says

    Jan 12, 2020 at 5:26 pm

    Both Omar and Tlaib need to be deported. They do not belong in the USA.

  17. Battle says

    Jan 13, 2020 at 2:18 am

    Ilhan Omar about 9/11, “Some people did something.”

  18. Scott Carlson says

    Jan 13, 2020 at 7:17 am

    The only way this Jihadist is going to be voted out of office is if the conservatives in that state rise up and take control of the voter rolls. I see her followers on her Twitter say that they will make sure she wins. She’s got too many people brainwashed they don’t even see the error of her ways.

  19. Giacomo Latta says

    Jan 13, 2020 at 9:49 am

    ”They have already caused medical shortages …”
    Then why don’t they get their medicine from their friends in China and Russia? Do you, Omar, see the US as simultaneously the Great Satan and the Great Welfare Distributor? Fed up so much you could just get up and leave? Hope so.

  20. OLDGUY says

    Jan 13, 2020 at 11:33 am

    The BIG QUESTION is why hasn’t she been charged for the immigration fraud? If She is here illegally she therefore holds public office illegally. That means that she is a foreign agent who has infiltrated our government and should be treated as such. If she is a spy she should be treated and prosecuted according to those laws.

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